27. 2. é labóribus. See the note on 24, 7.
3. Herculí praecéperat = Herculí imperáverat, 25, 12.
5. posset, subjunctive because it quotes the thought of Eurystheus, poterit.
6. ut … traheret. This clause is not itself the object of dedit, but in apposition with the object (Negótium).
7. omnium, partitive genitive.
11. nárrámus. The present is sometimes used with antequam to express future action, as in English with 'before.' See the note on 15, 1.
aliénum, predicate adjective, the subject of vidétur being pauca … própónere. In the passive videó may mean 'be seen,' but it usually means 'seem.'
13. qui ídem, 'which also,' literally 'which the same.'
14. Ut, 'when.'
15. dédúcébantur, customary action.